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Avoiding unnecessary suffering is sometimes used as the basis for whole ethics systems. It's inherently good and doesn't need to be deduced from anything.
by dao- 7y ago
Avoiding unnecessary suffering is sometimes used as the basis for whole ethics systems. It's inherently good and doesn't need to be deduced from anything.
- coldtea 7y agoWell, who calls what's "unnecessary"? Killing animals for their meat is not like torturing animals for no reason (which indeed would be unnecessary). And how steep would the slope be? E.g. what about killing rodents and house pests?